On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:25:52 -0700, Hatunen wrote:
>On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:47:56 -0800, Mike Hunt
> wrote:
>
>>Marsha L wrote:
>>> Well now... you got me to look it up... There's a list of acceptable
>>> documents, and there it is... List C (which is an "and", not an "or"),
>>> Documents that Establish Employment Eligibility, item 1, U.S. social
>>> security card issued by the Social Security Administration (other than a
>>> card stating it is not valid for employment). There are some alternatives,
>>> but they are ones that many of us are less likely to have
>>
>>Did you read the whole document? You posted an obscure link, when you
>>could have just posted an official one:
>>http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-9.pdf
>>
>>I suspect the weird html layout from the site you posted caused some
>>confusion when looking at the requirement. The requirement is
>>A OR (B and C), not A or B and C. This is why, on the form, there is a
>>nice fat colored dividing line between the A and B list, but not between
>>the B and C list.
>>
>> I was responding to the poster who said she had a passport and the
>>employee still made her show an SS card.
>>However, if you look at I-9, it states that you need either an item from
>> List A or items from BOTH B and C. A US passport is listed in list A.
>>This means you don't need anything in B or C. List A is a document that
>>provides BOTH Identity and Employment Eligibility. The items in B
>>document identity. The items in C document employment eligibility.
>>This is why having an item from List A is the only item that you would
>>need.
>
>I should think the employer can ask for any documentation he/she
>wishes.
I should think you are wrong yet again.
Birth Certificate, Wedding license, number of children, .ual
preference, race - there are all sorts of questions an employer is
forbidden from considering.
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